[Ansteorra] RE: Latin Translation

[letebts at earthlink.net]

There's an hilarious series of Latin statement books by Henry Beard of
Villard Books of NY--Latin for All Occasions and More Latin for All
Occasions.  (God forgive me if there are any typos...)

A few examples:
"An All-Purpose Evasion of a Request for a Latin Translation:
You can't say that in Latin. -- Illud Latine dici non potest."

"Useful Curses:
May barbarians invade your personal space!--Utinam barbari spatium proprium
tuum invadant!"

" Give me a hambuger, french fries and a thick shake.-- Da mihi sis bubulae
frustrum assae, solana tuberosa in modo Gallico fricta, ac quassum lactatum
coagulatum crassum."

"Latin Bumper Stickers for your Chariot
.....
Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscripti catapultas habebunt.
€When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults.
....."

There's even a Roman recipe for 1,000 larks that serves four.

(giggling) Lete



on 5/17/03 9:49 AM, C. L. Ward at gunnora at vikinganswerlady.com wrote:

> Chris A. Dunham <cadunham at worldnet.att.net> asked:
>> Hello, I was wondering if there was anyone out there
>> that is any good at translating English to Latin.
>> If so please contact me off-list at
>> cadunham at worldnet.att.net <mailto:cadunham at worldnet.att.net>
>
> Not every statement possible in English is necessarily translatable to
> Latin.  Language is a particular kind of map of the world, and different
> languages sometimes express the understanding of the world differently.
> That being said, what are you trying to translate?
>
> ::GUNNVOR::
>
>
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